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People say that nobody in the mafia goes on a “ride” and lives to tell the tale. Lucky Luciano earned his place in gangster lore after being kidnapped from the Barbizon, beaten, and left for dead on a beach.

Mad Dog was one of the most cold-blooded killers in New York. Unfortunately, he crossed too many people and was whacked inside a drug store phone booth.

Pierre Toussaint was once a Haitian slave who became one of the most magnanimous free men in all of New York City. He donated funds to successfully rebuild his local parish, and he also freed relatives and loved ones from slavery.

There is a place where Sargent Pepper, Mean Mister Mustard and Bungalow Bill still roam.

Before it was closed and the building was torn down, McGurk’s used to be the roughest and toughest bar in New York. A favorite watering hole among prostitutes and criminals, it earned the nickname “McGurk’s Suicide Hall” because many of the patrons went there to commit suicide.

The infamous villain in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping trial was once a carpenter who worked on the building. Allegedly, he stashed some of the ransom money in the walls of the building.